Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL

(b. 25 May 1761 , Lavaltrie, Canada d. 24 September 1797 , Lanoraie, Lower Canada )

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Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL was born 25 May 1761 in Lavaltrie, Canada

Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL was the child of Joseph-Noël PROVOST and Marie-Geneviève VERNAS dite DUFRESNE and the grandchild of: (paternal) Noel PROVOST and Marie-Anne HAN dite CHAUSSE (maternal) Louis VERNAS dit DUFRESNE and Genevieve DUVAL

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Marie-Geneviève married Pierre-Nicolas BONIN dit STE-MARIE abt. 1778 . The couple had (at least) 1 child.
Pierre-Nicolas BONIN dit STE-MARIE was born 19 October 1751 in Lanoraie, Québec, Canada (Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie). Pierre-Nicolas died 28 November 1832 in Berthierville, Québec, Canada (Berthier-en-Haut) (Ste-Genevieve-de-Berthier). Pierre-Nicolas was the child of Jean-Baptiste BONIN and Marie-Antoinette HOUDE.

Marie-Geneviève PROVOST dite NOEL died 24 September 1797 in Lanoraie, Lower Canada .
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Québec Généalogie - Over time, Québec has gone through a series of name changes
From its inception in the early 1600s until 1760, it was called Canada, New France.
1760 to 1763, it was simply Canada
1763 to 1791 - Province of Québec
1791 to 1867 - Lower Canada
1867 to present - Québec, Canada.

Thanks to Micheline Gadbois MacDonald for providing this information.

Québec Généalogie - What is a 'dit/dite' name? When the first settlers came to Québec from France it was a custom to add a 'dit' nickname to the surname. The English translation of 'dit' is 'said'. The Colonists of Nouvelle France added 'dit' names as distinguishers. A settler might have wanted to differentiate their family from their siblings by taking a 'dit' name that described the locale to which they had relocated. The acquiring of a 'dit' name might also be the result of a casual adoption, whereby the person wanted to honor the family who had raised them. Another reason was also to distinguish themselves by taking as a 'dit' name the town or village in France from which they originated. This custom ended around 1900 when people began using only one name, either the 'dit' nickname or their original surname.

Source: American-French Genealogical Society, Woonsocket, Rhode Island (www.afgs.org/ditnames/index1.html)

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